Reddit Discussions During the 2022 Mpox Outbreak: Observational Analysis of Sentiment, Topics, and Audience Engagement

Xi Ning Luo   ^{1, 2} , BSc ;   Zahra Movahedi Nia   ^{1, 3, 4, 5} , PhD ;   Jude Dzevela Kong   ^{1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8} , PhD

¹ Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modeling Lab, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ Global South Artificial Intelligence for Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, York University, North York, ON, Canada

⁵ Africa-Canada Artificial Intelligence and Data Innovation Consortium, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁷ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ Department of Mathematics, Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada